Because they can’t see past the profit generating potential of selling your data.

Maybe predictable or somewhat reliable would be better choices of wording?

He said a lot of things.

Moat of them weren’t based in reality.

Europe should stop acting like Trump is a reasonable person.

I’m pretty sure they are aware.

I suspect they’re hoping there are still some sane heads in Washington.

Exactly how much should one allow a thief to take?

the US wants a peace treaty that wipes all the war crimes clean

And gives the invaders all the land they stole, while giving the victims of that invasion nothing but an empty promise to not do it again.

but there are nearly no niche non-tech communities here.

And if they do exist, there are 4 subscribers and zero posts in the last 6 months.

It’s ruining far more than reddit.

Without looking into this specific outage, I’d suggest things like deferred maintenance and “cost optimizing” technical staffing are often contributing factors. (At least in my experience)

My robot vac will only operate when connected to the Internet

That would trigger me to return it to the store. “It doesn’t work”

Newfoundland and Labrador is the province involved.

Had to read far too deep into the poorly written article to find that important bit of context.

Users will receive automatic pro-rated refunds for active subscriptions, and the app code is promised to be open-sourced after shutdown.

That’s the correct way to wind down a cloud based subscription app.

Not that I’m in favor of the entire business model of cloud based subscription apps, but at least Marques is ending this one the right way.

Of course not. Most people are motivated to doing the right thing simply because it is the right thing to do.

But some people seem to need the threat of personal consequences to keep them from being selfish assholes. And it often appears that those are the same type of people who manage to get themselves into decision making positions in the business world.

Fear of punishment.

I didn’t claim I had a hundred of them going at any give time.

And, regardless, I also don’t keep them open forever. I just close the one I’m finished with, check out the next one, then repeat until I’m through with them.

The punishment (or the threat of punishment) is supposed to be part of the motivation to not drive into pedestrians.

If the decision makers behind the fully automatic vehicles don’t fear that punishment, the concern is that they’ll make choices that are motivated more by profits and efficiencies and less by safe driving and preventing harms.

And given the abuses of profit seeking executives we have seen in the past, it is a valid concern.

Why not just close them and open them back up later?

Because that’s extra steps for no actual improvement.

I close the tabs that I’m done with and add new ones when I want to not forget to look at something a bit later.

That doesn’t need the “permanence” of a bookmark. (And, obviously I know editing bookmarks is a thing, but that is also extra steps for something I’ll only want once in about 15 min from now)

I’m proud not be able to visit the US, because

I’m able to visit, but I am absolutely unwilling to do so.

For the reasons you already mentioned.

I wonder how (or if) grokopedia defines “woke”?

Most of the people who complain about “the woke” arent able to define it.

Quiet quitting is such a bizarre phrase

It’s just a trendy phrase for what has always been called work to rule.

Do precisely what your job description requires and not a single bit more.